Roddy's thoughts and pictures at the close of the day
Cloudscapes have always been one of my photo passions and lately I've been extending my skills using the Olympus Live Composite mode. These dawn and dusk shots of the Hogsback skyline from Wild Fox Hill are the longest I've taken. They're 15 minutes of one second exposures, so each picture is a composite combining 900... Continue Reading →
My landscape and nature photography are at this year's National Arts Festival in an immersive 3D virtual exhibition hosted by oarbt.com. It has four walls of dreams and each one has a different theme: the Lockdown Sunbirds; the King Proteas; the Cloud Abstracts and the Lockdown Landscapes. The images were selected from the fine art... Continue Reading →
"That’s pretty much the life of a National Geographic photographer. Days of looking to be there at the right moment." Jim Richardson Jim's got it right: if you want to get a particular composition, or just the right light, then it can take days of looking and days of waiting. Then you’ve got to get yourself in just... Continue Reading →
Two of the pictures I've taken in the past couple of weeks are merged here. It's something that I experiment with every now and then and this time I've got an interesting result. The first picture in the merge is called Across the Valley. It's a shot I’ve wanted for quite a while. Taken looking... Continue Reading →
This month certainly started with a bang - we had a spectacular storm last night that's given me another picture for #NAF18. I shall add it to the three night pictures in the Grahamstown Series I've already printed for Metamorphosis. You get such cool colours and effects in night photographs whether it's a moon rise, car... Continue Reading →
You must find a dramatic image to publicise your exhibition - that's what the #NAF18 organisers tell you. This year it was easy because Meagen gave me a photo shoot and we got some really striking images. For the photo shoot I made a set of motifs from tree ferns, branches and lightning that I... Continue Reading →
We collected another eight metal prints from Orms Print Room in Cape Town last week. They're going to be showcased in Metamorphosis, my fringe exhibition at the Johan Carinus Art Centre during the National Arts Festival 2018. The four monochrome prints are pictured here. They're unusual because they don't have any white. Instead the brushed aluminium... Continue Reading →
Metamorphosis is my theme for this years's exhibition on the Arts Festival Fringe at the Johan Carinus Art Centre. I've got 50+ images and more than 40 are new so with less than three months before opening I'm in constant communication with printers in Cape Town (Orms Print Room) and Port Elizabeth (Walker Digital). I'm... Continue Reading →
My solo exhibition - Symmetry - is at the Carinus Arts Centre for the National Arts Festival from 29 June to 9 July 2017. I've decided to write a series of posts about the images that are in it so that you can see what it is about. When you walk into the exhibition you'll immediately... Continue Reading →
The cost of framed and print only copies are given below. All images are available in digital format at R250/image. Trees (costs do not include postage and packaging) Äsperöd Gnarly (900 x 754) R2200 framed (sold); R1350 print Äsperöd Gnarly Creature (900 x 800) R2300 framed; R1350 print Aurajoki Runic (643 x 900) R1900 framed (sold);... Continue Reading →
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